Thinking About Addiction

I assume high school is no less boring than it ever was, and it would be a real temptation for some kids to just stay buzzed throughout the school day, while earning praise for avoiding tobacco.

In many communities, the push to get the drinker or user “off the street” has turned the jail into an unwilling detox facility.

It’s also not too difficult to create a ‘homemade’ variety using raw ingredients purchased on the dark web and a common pill press.

In this most recent example, the funds aren’t there. No new money attached.

We watch and listen to Big Pharma execs on television and find ourselves thinking, are these guys so different from a street corner drug dealer?

Not surprisingly, the vast majority of patients who drop out or otherwise leave maintenance programs return to heroin at rates of 80% or higher.

But the repair isn’t cheap, and the outcomes require some patience. And that’s why efforts often fail. America gives up too early. 

The issue isn’t about getting stoned. It’s about whether the product is actually benefiting the customer who purchased it.

When he speaks, he reminds me of others I’ve known who come from families that fought and lost a battle with addictive disease.

I know how often the quest for business success has in the past overtaken and even overwhelmed the quest to deliver good services.